Garment-fastener.



No. 776,684. PATENTBD DEC. 6, 1904. J. V. PILGHER. GARMENT FASTBNER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 15.1904.

No MODEL.

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LNo. 776,694.

lPatented. December 6, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN V. PILOHER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

GARIVIENT- FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,684, dated December6, 1904.

Application filed June 15, 1904.

To (1r/ZZ when?, 7115 717,04/ concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN V. PILcHnR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State oiKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarmentdasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making' a part of this specification, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has relation to that class of garment-fastenerscomprising' a supporting-plate and a slidable pin thereon to engage thefabric or goods; and the object thereof is'to so construct the fastenerthat the point of the pin will be parallel to its own motion, whereby itwill be more eiiective in its action upon the goods and thc value ot thefastener materially enhanced, which object is attained by theconstruction substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective View of a garment-fastenerembodying my invention and shown on an enlarged scale and as applied asa cuff-holder, the pin being shown in operative position in full anddotted lines; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation thereof, showing the pin inoperative position in full and dotted lines; Fig. 3, a sectional detailview showing the cuii, the lining of the coat-sleeve, a portion of thefastener engagingthe cuil, and the point of the pin engaging the liningof the sleeve; Fig. 4, a detail view showing a modified construction ofthe pin.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the supporting-plate of thefastener,

which may be oit' any suitable form and construction found best adaptedto the purpose and of any suitable metal.

In the present instance the fastener is shown as used for holding a cuffto a coat-sleeve in which is provided suitable means for attaching thesupporting-plate to the cuff.

One of many means that may be found effective for attaching the fastenerto a cuff resides in a suitable clasp, which in the present instancecomprises a plate B, pivoted or hinged to the curved portion a of thesupporting- Serin No. 212,740. (No model.)

plate A or otherwise hinged, as found desirable, and carrying at its enda suitable cam or tional contact against the cuii' (indicated atX) whenthe fastener is used as a cuff-holder to hold the supportingplate A.thereto. The pivoted or hinged plate B is curved at its free end, asshown at c, to bear against the curved end of the curved portion a ot'the supporting-plate A and is also provided with a thumbcatch d foroperating the pivoted or hinged plate.

The means above described for attaching the supl'iorting-plate to thecuii' or other garment, although I consider it the most simple andpractical, Ido not wish to be limited thereto, as many means may beemployed that will serve the same purpose without in any mannerdeparting .from the essential feature of the invention.

The su pporting-iiilate A has tubular guideways e and suitable keepersf', with which engage the points of the pins al' te r being' engagedwith the garment. Two guideways and two keepers are shown to adapt thesupportingplate when a bifurcated pin is used in guiding the two arms orshanks of the pin in their sliding movement and holding the two pointsofthe `arms or Shanks in engagement with the keepers, the constructionotl the supporting-plate and the guideways and the keepers depending'entirely upon the construction of pin used.

It' preferred, the pin, which is indicated at (l, may have an upturnedhead g for convenience in operating it, and the su pjporting-plate A mayhave a T-shaped spring/t formed with said plate which is adapted to bearagainst the arms or shanks of the pin that are exposed by means of thenotches j.

The T-shaped spring which bears against the arms or Shanks of the pinmay be substituted by the employment oi' any means or device that willsuccessfully and yieldingly lock it at any point of its longitudinalmovement.

The pin O may be formed upon its under side with a notch c', as seen inFig. 2, to be engaged by the side of the spring' t to hold the pinagainst accidental displacement.

In describing the details of construction of the supporting-plate,guideways, and keepbearing-tongue adapted to bear with frie-` IOO ersthereon, the T-shaped spring, and the means for securing the fastener tothe garment it is evident that many changes or moditications may beresorted to without in any manner departing from the essential featureof the invention, which resides in providing means wherein the pin-pointwill be enabled to travel parallel with the motion of the pin. One ofmany means for attaining this end is to have the pin-point upon itsunder side directly opposite the supporting-plate formed straight, asindicated at L in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, instead of having thepin-point beveled circumferentially, as in the usual form of pin-point,or when so beveled the pin, in order to have the point thereof upon itsunder side travel or move in a direction parallel with the motion of thepin, may be bent to assume the forni shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, orany other means may be cmployed that will insure the point of the pinmoving parallel to the motion thereof, this being the essential featureof the invention. The under side of the point of the pin being parallelwith the motion ofthe pin, the point will be prevented from taking up asurplus amount of goods that would otherwise tend to impede the forwardmovement thereof. The pin-point upon its under side, or that portionthereof next to the supporting-plate, moving in a straight line parallelto the motion of the pin, the point will be prevented from taking upsuch amount of goods as would tend to wedge the pin and prevent the pinfrom engaging the keepers, thereby materially increasing theeffectiveness of the fastener and removing the objections heretoforeexperienced.

In having the under side of the pin-point in its movement parallel tothe motion of the pin when moving forward to engage the fabric or goodsthe point will pick up only so much therof as lie between the pin-pointand supporting plate, or, in other words, the

amount of fabric or goods taken up will correspond in bulk to the spacebetween the pinpoint and supporting-plate, as illustrated in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings.

In the construction of pin shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings if theunder side of the pin-point was beveled to correspond to the upper sideof the point or having a point like the ordinary pin the point of thepin thus formedv would have a tendency to act as a cam and push away thefabric or goods from the supportingplate, and the result would be thatthe pin would take up more goods the greater distance the pin traveled,and it wouldbe extremely diflicult to bring the point into engagementwith the keeper, for the reason that the amount of goods taken up wouldact as a wedge and prevent the successfnloperation of the pin, whichobjection is entirely overcome by having the point upon its under sidetake the same line of movement or parallel with the motion of the pin.

In using' the term point when describing the pin it is intended toinclude that portion of the pin where it commences to taper down to apoint, and it should be so understood wherever referred to inYdescribing the construction of the fastener.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

A garment-fastener comprising a suitable su pporting-plate having abearing-sleeve, and a pin slidable in said sleeve having the side of thepoint next the plate parallel to the bore of said sleeve, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN V. PILCHER.

Iitnessesz J. T. ONEAL, L. M. PRICE.

